Curtain-fixture.



' PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

P. F. MOGARTY.

'UURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED J AN.16, 1906.

A m a lNVE/VTOI'? PETER FTM CARTY A TTORNE Y S UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Jra'tentecl. may 1, 1906.

Application filed January 16, 1906. Serial No. 296,333.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER F. MoCARTY, a citizen ofthe United States, anda resident of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, haveinventeda new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Fixtures, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in ourtain-fixtures, and it consists incertain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fixture as inuse. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the fixture as in use. Fig.3 is a detail perspective view of the supporting-section, and Fig. 4 isa detail perspective view of the bracket-section.

The fixture, as shown, comprises a supporting-section A and abracket-section-B. The former has the main or face plate A, the topplate A and the hammer edge A The top plate A is provided at its inneredge with the depending spurs A whose inner edges at A incline outwardlytoward their lower ends or points, while their opposite edges areinclined outwardly and are shouldered at A",

thus forming a barb which aids in holding j ecting doubled portion ofmetal formed, preferably, by stamping the section A out of sheet metalin such manner as to provide an upwardly-projecting hammer edge at thejunction of the face-plate A and the top plate A By this means I providea surface to receive the stroke of a hammer or other suitable implementwhich may thus be operated to drive the spurs A into the wood withoutinjuring in any way the supporting-section even when the latter is madeof comparatively thin material. Moreover, this hammer edge provides theupwardly projecting rib or portion for engagement by the hook at theupper edge of the back plate B of the bracket B, as shown in Figs. 1 and2.

The face-plate A has an intermediate porbracket may be made 0 tion whichrests fiat against the surface of the window-frame (see Fig. 1) and isprovided at its upper and lower edges with the outw'ardly-defiectedportions A and A the former lying in the same plane as the lowerdeflected portion A in order to preserve the back plate B of the bracketin avertical plane when applied as shown in Fig. 2 and the loweroutwardly-deflected wing A at the free edge of the face-plate A operat65 ing by its resilience to secure the bracket 'by a springing actionwhen the parts are applied as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the lower edgeof the outwardly-deflected portion A, I provide a series of notches Aforming seats for the tongue at the lower end of the brack'et'in theoperation of the invention and permitting the adjustment of the bracketlaterally along the supporting-section and the securing of said bracketin any suitable adjustment as may be desired.

The bracket B is provided with the baseplate B, having at its upper endthe hook B to engage the upwardly-projecting edge or bead A and rovidedat its lower end with the rearward y-projecting tongue B which is fittedto seat in the notches A in the lower edge of the face-plate A insecuring the bracket in any suitable adjustment. The bracket is providedwith the outwardly-projecting portion, having at B a seat for thecurtain-pole and also provided at the outer end of said seat with thelateral lug B receiving a screw B, which may be tightened to secure thecurtain-pole in place. I also provide the bracket at B with bearings foran ordinary curtain-pole, which may be adjusted thereto as desired, andin ractice one of these brackets may be close as shown in full lines inFig. 2, or 0 en, as indicated in dotted lines in the same gure, as iscommon in curtain-brackets.

In the operation of the invention the bracket B may be engaged by itshook B with the upwardly-pro ecting bead A of the supporting-frame andits tongue B be forced into engagement with any of the notches A", thespring afforded by the lateral deflection at A tending to bind thetongue securely in such manner as to prevent any accidental displacementof the bracket without interfering with its application to and removalfrom the supporting-section, as may be desired.

In practice the supporting section and any suitable material and in anydesired manner and finished by enameling, nickeling, or otherwise platedto suit the taste of different purchasers.

I claim 1 The improved curtain-fixture herein described, comprising asupporting-section having a face-plate deflected outwardly at its upperand lower ends and having its lower free end notched in its lower edgeand adapted to operate by its resilience to yieldingly retain the tongueof a bracket-section, the section being returned or folded at its up erend to form a doubled hammer edge an extended to provide a top plate andspurs depending therefrom, and a bracket having means for supportingcurtain holders and provided with a back plate having at its upper end ahook to engage the doubled portion of the supporting-section and at itslower end a pro jecting tongue to engage in the notches in the lowerdeflected portion of the faceplate of the supporting-section,substantially as set forth.

2. A curtain-fixture, comprising a supporting-section having aface-plate deflected at its upper and lower ends, and notched in itslower edge and provided at its upper end with the projecting bead, and abracket having a hook engaging with said bead and a projecting tonguefor engagement with the notched I lower edge of the face-plate,substantially as set forth.

3. In a curtain-fixture, a supporting-section having a face-plate, a topplate and an upwardly-projecting doubled hammer edge at the uncture ofthe face-plate and top plate, in combination with a bracket having ahook engaging the said hammer edge, substantially as set forth.

4:. A curtain-fixture comprising a supporting-section having aface-plate deflected outwardly at its lower end and notched in its loweredge andadapted to operate by its resilience to yieldingly retain atongue pressed therein, and a bracket-section detachably engaging at itsupper end with the supportingsection above said outwardly-deflectedlower end and provided with a projecting tongue to engage in the notchesin the lower deflected portion of the supporting-section, substantiallyas set forth.

PETER F. MCOARTY.

Witnesses:

HAZEL N ORDEMAN, JOHN H. D. NORDEMAN

